1982 Ferreira Vintage Port

[Otto Nieminen]

Here is a link to a pic of what a friend and I drunk tonight. If someone is willing to explain to a luddite how to post a picture from Flickr onto this site, I would be very grateful! :)

Ferreira Vintage Port 1982

Healthy, but mature colour. The nose is a bit spicy and on the sweeter end of the typical Port spectrum. There are some delightful aged and citrussy characteristics - though not very complex, it is great fun to sniff just now. The palate is very sweet, plummy and at a delightful stage of maturity for my tastes: there is good structure and good fruit but nothing shows dominant. Nice now, will surely last some time still. Upon decanting was showing very nicely. 1h later, the alcohol was showing a bit strongly. 7h after decanting the alcohol was integrated. 10h decanting we finished the last drops and it was showing no signs of improvement nor decline.

-Otto-